Sunday after

[carolb]

Good morning all!

WOW, another gtg with a great forem lady! BJ-- jst as sweet as she is in her posts!!!! It was a short one, bt jam-packed with great conversation & sharing of stories. Yew know, that's been the best part of my travels--meeting so many of yew & hearing yore stories!!! So many talented, compassionate & strong women, all of yew!

I'll be at my sis's later this a.m. Right now, enjoying my coffee at a rest area where I spent the night. Bewtifol sonrise here in central IL!

Red, sownds like a great trip for yew & RED!

Y'all have a great day & safe travels always!!!

[Colliemom]

Good Morning Carolb and all who follow,

Sounds like you had a great time with BJ, Carol, even if it was a short one. I hope I can meet that lady someday too, as well as you. Reading about all the GTG's, both big and small this year, has really got me wanting another rig. And if all goes well, I should be meeting some of you in MI this summer.

Beautiful sunny morning here too. Clear blue sky, but cold. Was down around 10 this morning. Don't know what the official temp checked in at, but if it was below 11, then we broke a cold record for this date. But things are looking up weatehr wise. And I intend to make the most of it this week.

Debating this morning if I want to go look at rigs down at Camping World, but think it might be a bit too chllly. Might wait till weather moderates a bit more. Can scan the website and see what's down there. Hate being weight restricted as it cuts down on one's choice. See that Coachman MH is still on the Craigslist too, but in storage as yet and no pictures of the actual MH, just pics f one like it. But friend talked to owner and sounds like a really good deal.

Painting is done for now around here. Unless we get a few days of crummy weather, I won't do any more now. Am looking for a shade to contrast what's in my kitchen though. Can always look.

Judy, keep forgetting to write and let you know I got that PDF you sent me. Quite an intinerary there. The exact trip that I want to take, but not into Glacier as I have been there before, although a second trip wouldnt be bad either. Glad you got the reservation for Memorial Day weekend. Somewhere's back in General Talk, about two years at least, I have a bunch of pictures of Aloha in there if you want to play seek and ye shall find.

Red, sounds like you are in for a fun week ahead. Ava, hope things get straightened out for you. Hang in there, not too many months left and part of them are summer break time too. Barbie, sorry to hear you are buried in the white stuff again. Spring will be here, count on it. We fortunately didn't get more than a half inch of the stuff and it's gone now. But the lingering drifts, piles and such are playing havoc with the spring school sports season up here. The three High Schools in this area have already had to either reschedule, cancel outright or postpone at least 38 games and are working with some of their opponets to see if they can play at their fields instead of doing home games etc., But the opponets fields are in the same shape, so it's getting hard.

Well, time to get moving around here. Need to do a little shopping this morning and pick up the Sunday paper. Have a wonderful day y'all.

[avalen]

good morning ladies
the girls are fed and poddied and back to bed now, a little me time this morning as I cruise the internet. Then its time to tidy up my room and get my filing put back together. I sort of tossed it looking for something important on friday so now I need
to put it back together properly. Then its a trip to walmart for a new vacuum. Have had one picked out for awhile and now
my "spending" funds are there so time to buy. Then will build up the "spending" funds for the next specially wanted item.
My list is getting smaller but I've also avoided adding anything else to it so my world doesn't seem like its all "WANT" instead
of "NEED" .
Time to get some breakfast, ya'll have a great day and be safe.

[Redetotry]

It was a beautiful day to meet up with Carol at Carlyle Lake. We had a great if short visit. She really has a well behaved, four legged family who enjoyed our walk in the park. I felt as though I had know her for a long time so it was like visiting with a long time friend.

Toby was left at home with the others while I went to visit with Carol. My leaving him never makes him happy as he is beginning to think anytime I leave he should go along. My first clue things hadn't gone well was when I walked in the door and saw his food bowl on the couch in the living room When I leave, Toby decides DH is a total stranger, when he tells everyone to go out, Toby races to the couch in the living room and if carried outside, just sits on the porch. Like wise when he was offered his dinner yesterday, he raced to the couch. DH like me is such a push-over, so I knew when I walked in what had happened. When I'm at home he seems to really like DH, will play with him and sit on his lap but let me leave and it is a whole different thing.

It's another beautiful sunny, cool day here and I am grateful for the cool days!

[Nasoosie]

GOOD NOON TO ALL.

In case no one had noticed, I have been sulking lately and not doing any posting. I was made to feel like I was stupid and mean and out-of-place a while back while commenting on Death Valley, and decided that would be it for any comments from me for a while. Someone suggested that if anyone liked the "views from their front yard" so much, why have a trailer? Also intimated that if one had never seen a desert (due to staying in one's front yard) that said person had no right to criticize the desert. I wrote a very scathing post following that discourse, as I was hurt and feeling as if I were stupid to even think about opening my mouth about my feelings for the desert, but, after a minute of having it posted, I deleted the entire thing and left it with my "No comment." post----my last. So this will be a scaled down version of what I wrote in order to let people know what I have been feeling.

First of all, let it be known that in the 60s I traveled the entire span of this country and much of Canada, and that my travels included our deserts. I felt as if I were getting baked in them, and it left me hurrying to find some environment I felt comfortable in. At that time I subscribed to Arizona Highways and loved that magazine with all of its photos of beautiful desert blooms and vistas. I did not mean to say that those who love deserts and their vistas are nuts, nor did I mean to put down anyone who enjoys them. I thought I was just expressing my personal opinion, after viewing some of the pictures of Death Valley and after reading some posts about the seeming heat and cold out there forcing some to move on faster than was planned from the GTG. (At least that's what I had thought after reading those posts....apparently that's not why they moved on.) However, apparently some travelers thought I was attacking their likes and putting them down. Hence, I got put down for being a camper who now, due to financial stresses and doctor appointments this winter, likes my own "front yards" in my trailer and in my FL house. I felt as if I no longer belonged in this group of some who are able to travel all over and explore all the places I once did in the old days. It strikes me that I have probably seen more of this country than many of you who seemed put out by my comments. ("Don't criticize any place you have not seen or visited.") Believe me, I have seen tons of this country's vistas, although Death Valley itself I think was avoided by me after exploring other deserts and my discovering I felt not happy in them. I am always very happy to see others' pictures and read others' posts about places, and now I shall just keep my comments to myself, I guess. We can't all love every place nor dislike every place. I am sorry if some of you thought I was being nasty in my thoughts about desserts, but, believe me, you paid your dues when you made me feel as if I don't belong here any more.

Now that I have said this, I will try to be more restrained in my daily posts, because I have missed interacting with most of you. Forgive me for making some of you feel something negative, but that was not my intention. After a discussion in the chatroom last night I was told to face the problem I was feeling and deal with it, so I have now done that. I don't expect anything about this from any of you, but I needed to explain my silence for the past few weeks....it has been eating me up, and I, idiotically, dealt with these feelings by silence. Sorry about that. I also plan to copy and paste this post to the open roads group, as I can't even remember where the pain started for me. (Sorry for mentioning that 'other group', by the way.) I enjoy the company of both groups, and find it hard, sometimes, to not mention things about one to the other.

So then----I am now back in my Orlando house, forced out of my beautiful campsite at my son's (price is right there, view is spectacular, and company is supreme-----even if it is like a "front yard") as my son's father and his girlfriend are there visiting this week, and my son can't deal with the tension he suspects would occur with both of us present. I am hoping to make this time useful by doing some minor repairs around this place. I so miss my trailer and being outside more, although I do sleep on the screen porch here and am able to hear the loud croaks of the barking frogs each night, and an owl who comes to land in the tree right outside. And the club pool is now warm enough for very enjoyable swims each day, to which I ride my bike after a ride around the neighborhoods on this super flat area.

I have been reading every day, and I am sorry to have missed some birthday wishes, so I will send them all now to whoever celebrated.

Off to the pool I go.

[dpf]

Good Morning….well it’s a little past morning. It’s good to see you back Soos! I’ve missed you. It’s raining here with chances of it turning to snow. Had plans to go to Wally World in Yankton for a stock-up trip, but the weather made me take a second look at my list and there is nothing that I can’t live without another week. I’ve had a difficult couple of days. It started out Friday morning with my friend Missy calling and crying so hard that I could hardly understand her. Her dad had died and she was extremely close to her dad. He and his wife live in Arizona during the winter months and divide the summer between their cabin in Wisconsin and a home in Minneapolis. It’s really difficult for Missy because she is so tied down with her greenhouse right now, it’s just not a business that you can lock the door and put a sign on the door that you’re closed for a couple days. Her sisters live in Mpls and she just feels like she’s out of the loop. It doesn’t help that her step-mother has always been the proverbial step-mother from hell and isn’t keeping any of Jack’s children informed as to plans for the service or her return to Mpls with the cremains and she won’t answer her phone or texts. So I’ve been spending as much time as possible with Missy so she isn’t alone. Today her husband could to go to the greenhouse with her. So other than that I haven’t been doing much. I am so ready for spring to finally come. The grass is starting to show some green. Doesn’t seem that April is almost over, I have a feeling that we’re going to go straight from winter to summer. Although they keep telling us that this lingering cool (cold) weather is actually a blessing with our drought conditions because things aren’t coming to life and using the precious subsoil moisture.
Things have been a little slow on the forum and I guess I’m just as much to blame as anyone. I suppose I could post that I went to work and came home every day!
Have a great day….Sunday’s always been “it’s back to the salt mines tomorrow”…but at least Army Wives in on! Something to look forward to!

[Irmi]

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[Redetotry]

Glad to see you back Soos, I've been worried, since the dramatic decrease in posts since the unfortunate Death Valley 'incidence', that Death Valley was going to be the death of the forum. I feel we are very fortunate to have such a great group of caring women who show amazing support and understanding for one another and I think we should take great care to keep this unique group together.

[BarbaraRose]

But the lingering drifts, piles and such are playing havoc with the spring school sports season up here. The three High Schools in this area have already had to either reschedule, cancel outright or postpone at least 38 games and are working with some of their opponets to see if they can play at their fields instead of doing home games etc., But the opponets fields are in the same shape, so it's getting hard.

We have the same problem here with the high school teams not being able to play outdoors. Some are using indoor gymnasiums, lunch rooms and indoor driving ranges to practice but are way behind on games.

We have more snow coming tomorrow... ...but then they say we will be in the 50's thru the next week. Hope so!

Soos, so glad you are back!

We need to all remember that we should feel free to express our opinions on here without feeling like we will get judged or criticized for them. We all have our likes and dislikes for different areas of the country for whatever reasons. We don't want to alienate anyone on here for expressing their opinions and feelings. We are all sistahs here!

[Excel]

Missed ya Soos....glad you're back....I think I missed the boat on some of these posts cause the desert thing wasn't that much of a big deal to me...some like it, some not so much & some not at all....as we're all different it's no surprise that we enjoy different places. I don't full time or even part time really....just go when I feel like it & go where I want to....and as my RV is paid for I can usually afford the gas, etc. to get on the road. I know for me anyway, if I wasn't always going solo I'd go more often but find it sometimes very lonely going alone....but that's the way it is....
Anyway I wanted to comment on something you said about your ex & his girlfriend & having to leave the area, etc. My kids know that whatever they plan they better not plan for me & my ex & his wife to be invited at the same time. I simply do not attend anything that he will be present at. No need to go into detail, but he proved to be the biggest mistake I ever made in my life & I don't want to be reminded of my stupidity by being anywhere close to where he is....I've often said that if he got stuck on a railroad track & a train hit him, that I hope the engineer will back up a time or two just to make sure ..... well, you know.....
Anyhow, glad you're back & as far as I'm concerned, don't change....you can be a real hoot & I enjoy your posts....

Also, agree with Barb...how boring it would be if we all thought the same.....or were afraid to have different tastes...for me anyway, I could probably live on tacos & bacon & eggs, toast & coffee......